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(No Mode1.)'

. W. J. OWEN.

BRUSH MAKING MACHINE.

No. 453,291.A PatentedJune 2.1891.

f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER J. OWEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR' TO NANCY'L. lOlVARD AND CURTIS C. IIO\VARD, TRUSTEES.

yBRusH-,wmKlNc MACHINE'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,291, dated J une 2', 1891. Application filed January 16,1891. Serial No. 378,044. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, VALTE'R J. OWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Brush-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for producing brushes, and has yparticular -relation ro to a machine producing an approximately feather-shaped brush, which is the subject of an application of even date herewith.-

The objects of my invention are to produce a machine of this class by means of .which x 5 the manufacturer will be enabled to produce with accuracy and speed'a well-made, dura-- ble, and substantialbrushl of this kind of the desired shape, and to accomplish this object in a simple and inexpensive manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l, 2, and v3 respectively represent perspective views of the upper portions or heads ofthe dierent forms of standards. used in my machine. Fig. 4=`is a side elevation of my iin- 2 5 proved machine, showing a partially completed brush therein. 5 is a transverse section on line :u a: of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brush which is the product of the machine herein shown. l

Similar letters refer to similar parts through-- out the several views.

a., a', and a2 represent vertical standards, which are supported, as shown, in a horizontal row from a suitable bed-plate b. Eachof said standards is provided'with aflanged base, as

shown at c, the latter being adjustably secured tothe bed-plate b by bolts c', which pass therethrough and extend through a longitudinal slotd, formed in the base b, said 4o bolts being made to clamp the standards flanges firmly to the bed-plate or base by having affixed to their lower ends suitable nuts d. Each of the standards a, a', and o)2 is provided with approximately Y-shap'ed or- 4 5 forked upperend portions,which form crotches e, the latter being rounded at their bases, as

' shown.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4E of the drawings,

. the forward standard d. 'has the inner sides of 3b its forks widened or extended in the direction of the length of the machine by forming thercproved machine isfas follows.

with suitable liatextending flanges, as indicated at e. Projecting forwardly fromA each of lthe fork-arms of the standard ais a pin e2, having its outer end bent downwardly, as shown. The standards a have,.as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, `their fork-arms bent outwardly to form hook-shaped ends'f. ,As shown in the drawings, I preferably employ five of the arms a', arranged a short distance 6o apart, one in rear of the other. For reasons hereinafter specified I preferably produce the` standards a of slightly varying heights, the height of said seriesjof standards gradually decreasingfrom the central standards thereof. The standards a2, which are arranged in rear of the standards a and at a distance apart, are preferably three in number, and, as shown in `Fig. Z'of the drawings, have omittedfrom their fork-arms the hooks of the standard a. y

Aixed to the bed-plate b, or to a table or suitable support upon which said bed-plate may be supported, isl an angular binder holding-plate t', which consists of a horizontal flange '52, screwed to said bed-plate -or support and a vertical flange arising therefrom, the latter being provided at. intervals on its upper side with short vertical incisions, as shown at 3, said incisions being slightly V- shaped and adapted to receive and hold, as 8o hereinafter described, a'binder-strip.

As heretofore stated, the object of my in- -ventionv is te facilitate the production of an approximately feather-shaped brush. (Shown in Fig. G of the drawings.) This brush, as indicated, is preferably formed of broom-straw, or what is ordinarily termed hurl fiber, and the manner of producing the same by my im- .'lhe brush and brush-handle are formed integral, the same being formed by successive layers or bunches of stock laid one upon the other. The li rst or foundation bunch or whisk of liber, as shown at g, is laid within the standard-crotchcs in such position that the 95 heels or-stcxns project slightly in'rear of the rear standard d?, while the heads of the fiber project a distance beyond the front standard a. One end of the binder-strip k, which is preferably of rattan, is then tied about thev loo whisk cr bunch g, as indicated at t: rlhis havin g been accomplished, a few of the upper straws of said foundationwhisks are raised from the rear end portion of the latter ineach' hand, thus taking from said whiskl g 1twofsmaller bunches or whisks which correspond4 wardly-bent plaiting-whisks m-are supported in this position until anew bunch g'l of fiber is laid upon the first bunch,land the binder 16j is given la turn about said new bunch g and' the foundation bunch g, as shown at g2, thus binding the ne`w fiber `trunch to the old. The

binder-strip 1s then' drawn tight about said ber bunch and held in this position by pressing the binder-strip in one of the V-shaped notches or incisions 123 of the holding-plated.. The plaiting-whisks m are then detached from the pins eand pressed to the rear over the last coil of the binder-strip. In order to prevent the rear portions of the plaitingwhisks from springing upward, which might be caused by the bend previouslylformed therein, 'they are temporarily pressed on the outer sides of the fork portion of the rear Standardawhere they engage with the' shoul- ,der formed in portions. This having been accomplished, two new plaiting-whisks are, as previously described for the lower bunch, taken from the new or upper bunch and supported in the manner before described until a new bunch of ber has been laid upon said upper bunch and bound to the lower bunches, as herein'- before described, when said new plaitingwhisks are turned to the' rear over said last coil of the binding-strip. This method of binding plaiting with each bunch the whisks fm is continued until the desired number of ber bunches have been bound together, when the rear-end portions of the plaiting-whisks which are caught. againstl the outer sides of the standards, as described, are drawn inward upon the stems or handle portion 'n of the brush. l

As shown in the drawings, the fiber bunches which form the body of the brush are so laid, one upon the other, as to cause a gradual inclination of the forward or brush ends of the fiber to the rear, thus imparting tothe brushheadp an approximately feather blade outline. (Shown in Fig. 6.) As the points at which the whisks are bound are equidistant from the ends thereof, it will be seen that lthe winding of the binding-strip will be continued spirally and the coil of the binder- 'strip will be made a step nearer the end of the brush. As the manufacture of the brush continues it will be seen than the holding of the plaiting-whisks may be accomplished by ,of 'the binder-strip istastened by -same isl 1being formed,

the production of said forkedv bunch upon bunch of the fiber and engaging the'. latter with one or more of the vhooks f ofthe standard-headed. A sufficient number of- .brush-composing fiber lbunches having 'been vlaid 'and 'bound together, as

of the fibers bound together by the continued winding Vabout .thesame of the binder-strip, thus forining a "rounded handle n. The end= ot the handle portion having been reached, the end inserting it one orV more times through the body of the handle, as'shownat q in Fig.4 6.

'not only serve to support the brush while the but that the pins e2 et'` the standards a and the fork-hooks of the standards a" serve to hold .the plaiting whisks' or bunches in a desirable position 'while the binding of the parts is accomplished. The varying heights of the standards 'or depths of the c'rotches thereof admit of the brush-handle and the back of the :brush-head havipg .t

the desired curve o'r curves imparted therev above described, the stems, or those portions in rear of thebrush-head, are V Fronr'the construction shown and described 'it will be seen that 4the series of standards to, said-curves resulting from the pressure l of the stalk within the standard-crotchcs.

My shown and described, of separated standards, it will beseen that a sufticient nger-space may be left between. the standards to admit 'improved machine being formed, as

of the handling and binding of 'the parts of V the brush and at the same timeprovide asupport for the latter. It is also obvious ,that by loosening the nuts d the standards may IOO be moved upon their bed-plate to increase,if

desired, the distance-between them, the slot d forming a guide for the bolts c', and serving to hold the standards in proper' alignment. Havingnow fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters.v

Patent, isfy Y 1. In a machine for forming hand-brushes, a series lot separated vertical standards of varying heights, said standards being provided with forked heads, said fork-crotches being in alignment, as described, substantially as specified.

2. In a machine for forming brushes, a series of vertical standardsarranged in a row, f

one in rear of the other, as described, each having a forked head and hanged base, of. a 'horizontal bed-plate to which said standards are detachably and adjustably supported,

substantially as described.

3. In a brush-making machine, the combination, with a series of vertical standards arranged one in rear of the other, said standards having forked heads and flanged bases, f

as described, of ahorizontal bed-plate, a -lonthrough said standard-bases', and a bed-plate slot and nuts on the lower ends of-said bolts, substantiallyy as described. .gi-z

4. In aV machine for making' hand-brushes, the combination of a series of vertical standgitudinal slot in said bed-plate, bolts passing' v 30 ards supported from a suitable bod-plate, one in rear of the other, as described, said standards having;` forked l1 eads and hooks f, formed on a portion of said fork-arms, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for forming Ahand-brushes, the combination, with aseries of vertical standards adjustably and detaehably supported from a suitable bed-plate, and arranged one in'rear of the other, as described,

of angular' pins e2, projecting from the armsl p of the forward standard-fork, and fork-.arm

hooks formed, as described, on a portion of said standards, substantially as and for ldie purpose specified. Y, /f'

G. The herein-described method of forming the hand-brush, consisting of binding one upon the other at approximately cquidistant points from their ends successive bunches of fiber, said binding being produced by spirally winding about said boliches a suitable binding-strip of rattan or similar material, plaiting, as described, with each of said bunches, two plaiting-whisks formed from the fiber stems and forming the rounded handle portion of saidbunch by -a continuation of the spiral winding of the binding-strip about the ber stems and about the rear end portions of the plaiting-whisks, substantially as specified; VALTER J. O'WEN. In presence caf-- v C. C. SHEPHERm BARTON GRIFFITH. 

